Corn-sheller



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- 0.-G0DDARD- yWGRZN SHELLER.'

No. 402,23@ Patented Apr. so, 1889.

.A Gldmaowo.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CURTIS GODDARD, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

CORN-SHELLER.

SPECIFICATION forming pm of Letters Patent 110.402,23., dated Aprn 3o,i889. Application' nea February 1, 1889. serai No. 298,325. (No moda`flcation, reference being Vhad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in the corn-sheller patented to meVby'Letters PatentvNo. 186,830, dated January 30, 1877.

The objectof this invention is to improve and simplify the structure ofsaid machine. This object I accomplish by means of the improved form andarrangement of certain part-s of the machine, as shown'in theaccompanying drawings, and described herein; and the matter`constituting my invent-ion is specifically defined in the` claim.

My corn-Sheller consists, mainly, of two working parts. y l

In the drawings, Figure l shows the upper working part of the machine.

section through lines" @v c of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is aperspectiveview of my machine; and Fig. 5 is a broken section of the wheel M inFigsl and 3', and shows an enlarged view of the uprightjournal-supports.y

The upper part of the machine (see Fig. l)

consists of 'the gear-wheel M, having uprights being engaged by the hookg on the lateral projection Z of `the upright L. The arrangement of thesprings can be clearly seen by reference to Fig. l, where the lateralprojection Zof one of the -uprights L is broken away.

The lower part of the machine (see Fig. 2) consists of the main supportH, having the journals b of the vibrating arms B in the Fig. 2 showsv-its lower working part.'V Fig. 3 is a vertical bearings O. Revolvingdisks O are secured to the inner ends of the vibrating arms B.

The inner ends of these arms are forced to the center of the machine bymeans of the springs t'. e

The two parts of the machine are secured together by means of screws e,and the gearwheel N meshes with the actuating gear-wheel K. The dottedlines in Fig. 1 represent the relative position of the lower .part ofthemachine when it is assembled with the upper part. The cap E its over theworks of the upper part of the machine and attaches to the lower part,and is removable.

In the use of my machine the ear of corn is pushedpginto the top of themachine, as shown in Fig. 4, the upper works revolving around the ear,the flukes a tearing the grain from the cob. When the lower end of thecob reaches the disks C, itis gripped between 'them by meansvof the armsB and the springs t', and is prevented from turning with the upperwheel, M, while it passes vertically between said revolving disks. Insaid machine as heretofore constructed the cover was formed integralwith the gear-wheel M, the journals of the upper vibrating arms workingin bearings in the cover, while the springs, whose function is to pressthe inner ends of the vibrating arms to the ear of corn, passed nearlytwice around the journal-post, both ends pointing in nearly the samedirection, one end resting against the cover. In such form ofconstruction the journals were forced against one side of theirbearings, causing great friction, and in removingthe works from thecover the springs became displaced and could be replaced again only withgreat diiiiculty and by the use of appliances especially adapted to putthe machine together.

can be replaced Without difculty by the use gear-wheel M, havinguprights L, with lateral ot' no other tool than a common screw-driver.projections Z, providedwith a hook, g, sub- Having fully described myinvention, what stantially as shown and described.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters CURTIS GOD DARD. 5Patent, is- Witnesses:

The combination, in a corn-Sheller, of the C. A. GODDARD, springs vz`and the vibrating arms A, with the H. K. SHAFFER.

